The concept mouse that Faber examined was "a little heavier" than the typical mouse. But what drives its longevity potential for Logitech is the idea of constantly updated software and services.
To be clear, Logitech hasn't announced concrete plans to release such a product. But Faber seemed optimistic about the idea of a mouse that people never need to replace. The challenge, she admitted, is finding a business model that supports that idea without requiring an exorbitant hardware price. "Our stuff will have to change, but does the hardware have to change?" she asked. "I'm not so sure. We'll have to obviously fix it and figure out what that business model is. We're not at the forever mouse today, but I'm intrigued by the thought."
Yes, because if anything constantly needs software updates it's a USB mouse 
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It's funny how people are reacting like this is new when it's how phones worked with the Bell system for most of its history. People often praised the Western Electric phone quality because, as a subscription device, the phone company wanted to minimize replacement and service needs.
If you want something to be top-quality, the best incentive is to have it be a rental from the company that designs, manufactures, and repairs it.
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I feel like bell system was a bit of a weird special case with this. The combination of the monopoly and their vertical integration meant there was an incentive for the western electric end user devices to be made well and upgraded frequently to eke out as much network efficiency as possible.
I could be reading too far into it though given how far removed POTS is from modern networks.
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